John Coltrane

• VIRGIN VINYL

• PRESSINGS 180 GRAM

• LIMITED GATEFOLD EDITION

This selection presents the greatest hits of Coltrane’s career, including six of his best known compositions, all of which became jazz standards (among them the splendid “Blue Train,” “Giant Steps” and “Naima”), his breathtaking reading of “My Favorite Things,” and his poignant version of “In a Sentimental Mood,” on which he is backed by Duke Ellington on piano.

PERSONNEL:

• JOHN COLTRANE, tenor & soprano sax on all tracks, plus:

• ON TRACK A1:
• LEE MORGAN, trumpet
• CURTIS FULLER, trombone
• KENNY DREW, piano
• PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
• PHILLY JOE JONES, drums.
• Hackensack, New Jersey, September 15, 1957.

• ON TRACKS A2 & B2:
• TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
• PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
• ART TAYLOR, drums.
• New York, May 5, 1959.

• ON TRACKS A3, B1 & B3:
• McCOY TYNER, piano
• STEVE DAVIS, bass
• ELVIN JONES, drums.
• New York, October 21 (B1), 24 (B3) & 26 (A3), 1960.

• ON TRACK A4:
• DUKE ELLINGTON, piano
• AARON BELL, bassV
• ELVIN JONES, drums.
• New York, September 26, 1962.

• ON TRACK B4:
• WYNTON KELLY, piano
• PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
• JIMMY COBB, drums.
• New York, December 2, 1959.

TRACKS:

• A1 BLUE TRAIN
• A2 GIANT STEPS
• A3 EQUINOX
• A4 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD

• B1 MY FAVORITE THINGS
• B2 MR. P.C.
• B3 CENTRAL PARK WEST
• B4 NAIMA